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Here's what I found on my search of eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/203357459456?ul_noapp=true

If you are using an aftermarket handguard without any holes get a couple mauser clips to experiment with. Thats what I've used on two builds so far. I cut a mortise into the guard and the jbwelded them in. You could easily add rivets then. The 2 silvery things on the bbl are the clips. Might need t...

Here's where I am currently. I managed to get my hands on some steel strapping that will work. Steel strapping is a scarce commodity because places like 84 Lumber and Home Depot (and probably many others) now get their lumber strapped with plastic bands. I've been working on a piece of scrap left ov...

I give up! Having actually done this job as described, with no special tools or skills, all I can add is that it wasn't difficult and nothing cracked. LOL. Sorry. I think it would be easier if I had another person to hold it together while I worked the hammer and punch. I'm more frustrated than any...

They do make small steel rivets with hollow shanks. Possibly, there is something in the right diameter that can be cut to length? Another idea might be to turn an improvised 'nail/rivet' into a split-rivet with a fine saw cut. That might work. Where did you get the pic from? A site that sells them?

Still very little surface area for bond. Basic principle - adhesive is seldom permanent as a good mechanical joint. Yeah, I know you're right. When I was fooling around with it today, I realized the hand guard band inletting on the hand guard was in the wrong place, because I had to modify the leng...

. . . Why not cut down the nail to the proper length, then instead of trying to peen it into a rivet, just use a little dab of JB Weld to attach the nail to the spring clip? . . . Since classic "JB Weld" is, I think, nothing more than epoxy with some steel filings added, I wouldn't expect...

Ok.... I've been fooling around with the cut down nail and two punches this evening. I don't see this happening. Especially, trying to do it myself. So, I've been thinking. Why not cut down the nail to the proper length, then instead of trying to peen it into a rivet, just use a little dab of JB Wel...

I'm just glad the carbine handguard only has 2 rivets total. That's 50% less chance I'll crack it.

butlersrangers wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:48 pm With thanks and apologies to Parashooter, this might work for clumsy guys, like me!

Is that a roll pin punch you drew?